Opticks

Isaac Newton

9 chapters · about 7 h

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The opening

PART I.

PART I.

My Design in this Book is not to explain the Properties of Light by Hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by Reason and Experiments: In order to which I shall premise the following Definitions and Axioms.

DEFINITIONS

DEFIN. I.

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The author's text, copied word for word.
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  • The source library's header, footer and license
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 5 places
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages
  • Pictures and their captions, in 2 places
  • Repeated running book heading; THE FIRST BOOK OF OPTICKS is retained at the start of the book
  • Repeated running book heading; THE SECOND BOOK OF OPTICKS is retained at the start of the book (12 blocks)